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Infant Mortality.
The Infantile Mortality rate was 38 per 1,000 live births
registered.
For the past 5 years the number of infant deaths has been
1943—137, 1944—156, 1945—145, 1946—151, and 1947—194.
Among the 194 deaths, 104 occurred in boy babies and 90 in
girls. Of the births, 2,615 were males and 2,485 females. The
infantile mortality rate for the two sexes was, therefore, Boys—
40, Girls—36.
154 deaths of infants occurred in Institutions, including
Registered Nursing Homes.
The following table gives the cause of death during the first
month of life: —
(1) Complications of Labour—
Trauma and Inattention at Birth 3
— 3
(2) Foetal States—
Congenital Heart Malformation 7
Other Congenital Deformities 13
Atelectasis, etc 8
Hemorrhagic Disease of Newborn 2
Foetal Endocarditis 1
—31
(3) Prematurity 55
—55
(4) Post-Natal Causes 11
—11
100
Percentage Deaths per Deaths per 1,000
Total Infantile Deaths. Births.
1947 1946 1947 1946
Premature Births 28.4 25.2 10.8 7.9
Respiratory Diseases 20.6 23.8 7.8 7.5
Infectious Diseases (including
Tuberculosis) 2.6 2.7 1.0 0.8
Atelectasis, Debility and
Marasmus 5.2 7.3 2.0 2.3
†Diseases of Digestion 17.5 16.6 6.7 5.2
Injury at Birth and Congenital 17.0 13.2 6.5 4.2
*These deaths were due to Whooping Cough 3 and Tuberculosis 2.
†These deaths were due to Diarrhoea 28, Intussusception 4, Hepatitis 1 and Inguinal
Hernia 1.